The first 35 areas to get high-speed internet under the National Broadband Plan have been revealed.

“A national solution to a national problem.” That is how the Taoiseach describes the National Broadband Plan (NBP).

A €3bn rural broadband plan to “end the digital divide” has been agreed but faces the prospect of a legal challenge.

The Government has been hammered for leading the public "down the garden path" in signing the National Broadband Plan.

The details of 300 broadband hubs are to be announced when the Government finally signs off on the National Broadband Plan today.

Fianna Fáil has called on the Minister for Communications to explain why Northern Ireland's broadband scheme could cost half the price of the National Broadband plan in the south.

The Government is refusing to say if it will accept calls to reform its multi-billion euro broadband plan which could force the project to stay in public ownership and subject it to another in-depth review.

The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) has received 20 complaints in 18 months from the public relating to phone and broadband providers advertising products as "unlimited" when they actually included caps.

The Government will sign a €3bn contract for the supply of rural broadband later this year after categorically ruling out an offer of a cheaper option for high-speed connections.

The Department of Communications has said the proposal by Eir to roll out the National Broadband Plan for less than a €1bn is not feasible.

Former Minister for Communications Denis Naughten has expressed surprise at claims by Eir that it could complete the National Broadband Plan for less than €1bn.

Low Earth orbit satellites have the potential to provide broadband at gigabit speed globally, and they could also play a role in Ireland’s National Broadband Plan.

Fianna Fáil has expressed concern that the cost for the National Broadband Plan has been underestimated.

The communications regulator says introducing 5G for internet access would not meet the needs of everyone living in rural Ireland.

Former Communications Minister Alex White has said he is “mystified” by the €3bn cost of providing the National Broadband Plan.

The Department of Public Expenditure's top civil servant has yet to say whether he will appear before Wednesday's Oireachtas committee's broadband investigation.

The government has nothing to hide in relation to the €3bn National Broadband Plan and will explain its decision and the project costs in due course, the Tánaiste says.

Fianna Fáil has claimed the consortium behind the Government's broadband project may be planning to hit households with new charges to fill its own funding gap, before selling the contract onto another firm who will hike prices even further.

It’ll be beamed back to us much more efficiently than it can be transmitted via underground cables, writes Niall Smith.

Sinn Féin will move a Dáil motion calling on the ESB to be appointed to deliver the National Broadband Plan.

There is something inherent in Ireland’s institutional and political structure that renders it nigh on impossible to devise and deliver policy, particularly in the sphere of capital investment.

The Communications Minister has also refused to say how much of the €5bn broadband rollout cost will be footed by rural homeowners and businesses.

Consortium set to pay just €974m of total broadband cost

It is the nature of our world that politicians often face options one more unappealing than the other.

Why is the Government taking such a risk on its €3bn Broadband Plan when top officials have advised against it, asks Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Communications Minister Richard Bruton has refused to say how much money a private firm will have to invest in the rollout of broadband despite pressure from opposition parties.

The taxpayer is set to pay twice as much as the private company awarded the National Broadband Plan contract, a report reveals.

The civil servant overseeing the broadband plan has strongly defended the project, insisting that any decision to halt it would “likely result in the marginalisation of rural communities.”

The Government was warned that going ahead with the National Broadband Plan may mean cancelling other large capital projects.

The three best "plan B" alternatives to the Government's €3bn national broadband plan will cost more, take longer to put in place and leave up to half of households without high-speed internet access.